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100 unusual facts about germany


1926 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1926 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 10th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

1927 German Ice Hockey Championship

The 1927 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 11th season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany.

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace

Although the paper mentions the Telecommunications Act, it also accuses China, Germany, France, Russia, Singapore, and Italy of stifling the Internet.

Alpen

Alpen, Germany, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Ammersbek

Ammersbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Angeln Saddleback

The Angeln Saddleback, also known as the Angler Sattelschwein (Danish: Angler sadelsvin), is a rare breed of domestic pig grown mainly in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Armenia Fund

All-Armenian Fund through its 25 affiliate organizations has presence in 22 countries around the world: United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Great Britain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, and Australia.

August Miete

Thereafter, Miete worked in the family's farming/milling business until 1950, and then as Managing Director of the Savings and Loan Association in Lotte.

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

August also increased his incomes by taking over the administration of the County of Barby during the minority of Count August Ludwig.

Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Basedow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Batenburgers

In August 1536, the leaders of the various Anabaptist groups met in Bocholt in a final attempt to maintain the unity of Anabaptism.

Blankenhof

Blankenhof is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Bodenrode-Westhausen

Bodenrode-Westhausen is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Bordelum

Bordelum (North Frisian: Boorlem) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Borrentin

Borrentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

Bröbberow

Bröbberow is a municipality in the district of Rostock, in Mecklenburg, Germany, consisting of the three villages Bröbberow, Klein Grenz and Groß Grenz.

Censorship in the Federal Republic of Germany

This concept of "streitbare Demokratie" (self-defending democracy) was developed as a late response especially to the rise of the NSDAP, but also KPD, that turned the democratic Weimar Republic into the Nazi regime.

Cologne-Minden Railway Company

The Cologne-Minden Railway Company built the 183 kilometre long railway between 1859 and 1862 from Deutz via Betzdorf, Dillenburg and Wetzlar to Gießen, with a branch to the mines in Siegen.

Conrad II of Teck

Conrad was buried in Saint Martin's Church in the town of Owen, near the Teck castle.

Dissen

Dissen am Teutoburger Wald is an old charactered town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Egestorf

Egestorf is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Einhausen, Thuringia

Einhausen is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Emil Albert Friedberg

Emil Albert Friedberg (1837-1910) was a German canonist.

Erdesbach

Erdesbach borders in the north on the municipality of Ulmet, in the east on the municipality of Bedesbach, in the south on the municipality of Altenglan, in the southwest on the municipality of Blaubach and in the west on the municipality of Oberalben.

Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

In Fürstenau on 19 June 1726 Ernst Frederick married Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau (d. July 1745).

Faulenrost

Faulenrost is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-east Germany.

Ferréol Cannard

He also got a bronze medal with the French team at the World Championships 2004 in Oberhof

Fleming of Louhisaari

He was probably son of a Claus Fleming who between 1331 and 1354 is mentioned as bailiff of Barth in the Pomeranian principality of Rügen (a Danish fief) and had in principle the same Coat of Arms.

Garstedt

Garstedt is a municipality in the districty of Harburg in Lower Saxony in Germany

Gettorf

Gettorf (Danish: Gettorp) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Giersleben

Giersleben is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Grischow

Grischow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Groß Teetzleben

Groß Teetzleben is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine

He was born near Boizenburg in the German grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on January 7, 1868.

Heiligenmoschel

Heiligenmoschel is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Heinz Kluncker

He was a member of the SPD (Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands Social-democratic party of Germany) since 1946.

Heinz Reinefarth

After the war Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag.

Helga Eng

After a stay in Halle under the auspices of Ernst Meumann from 1909 to 1910, she began on a doctorate thesis, finishing it in 1912.

Hohen Wangelin

Hohen Wangelin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Hohenbollentin

Hohenbollentin is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

International Socialist Congress, Stuttgart 1907

The gathering was held in Stuttgart, Germany from 18 to 24 August 1907 and was attended by nearly 900 delegates from around the globe.

Itzstedt

Itzstedt is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Jochen Bleicken

Jochen Bleicken (3 September 1926 in Westerland, Sylt – 24 February 2005 in Hamburg) was a German professor of ancient history.

Joldelund

Joldelund is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kabelhorst

Kabelhorst is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kaplan International Colleges

KIC also offers short, medium and long-term residential foreign language courses in China, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Russia and Spain through partner schools.

Karlum

Karlum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kirchweiler

In 1201, Kirchweiler had its first documentary mention when a nobleman from Berlingen, then held by Himmerod Abbey, bequeathed an estate near Kirchweiler.

Klein Vielen

Klein Vielen is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Kolkerheide

Kolkerheide is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kollmoor

Kollmoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Kremperheide

Kremperheide is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Krempermoor

Krempermoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Landscheide

Landscheide is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Lichtenberg, Mittelsachsen

Lichtenberg is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba

Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba (3 June 1736 – 3 May 1804) was a German theologian and entomologist.

Ludwig Thienemann

Friedrich August Ludwig Thienemann ( 25 December 1793, Freyburg – 24 June 1858, Dresden) was a German physician and naturalist.

Massow

Massow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Matthei

Matthei is a surname of German origin.

Meddewade

Meddewade is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Minuscule 92

In 1485 the manuscript belongs to John Camerarius, bishop of Worms.

Mönkhagen

Mönkhagen is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Northern Epirus Liberation Front

In September 1943 Italy surrendered to the Allies and her place in Albania was taken by German troops.

Nossentiner Hütte

Nossentiner Hütte is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Odderade

Odderade is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Oelixdorf

Oelixdorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Oeschebüttel

Oeschebüttel is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Operation Plunder

Beginning on the night of 23 March 1945, Operation Plunder was the crossing of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and south of the Lippe River by the British 2nd Army, under Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey (Operations Turnscrew, Widgeon, and Torchlight), and the U.S. Ninth Army (Operation Flashpoint), under Lieutenant General William Simpson.

Pahlen, Germany

Pahlen is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Ravenstein

Ravenstein, Germany in the district Neckar-Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg

Ritzerow

Ritzerow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Rudolf Lindau

Rudolf Lindau (10 October 1829 – 14 October 1910), was a German

Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia

Sankt Bernhard is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

Schülp, Dithmarschen

Schülp is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Schwentinental

Schwentinental is a town in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Seibersbach

Seibersbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Sophia Charlotte of Hanover

In 1696, she had the Charlottenburg Palace (originally Lützenburg Palace) constructed at Lützow by Arnold Nehring: here, she lived independently from her spouse and had her own court.

Spall, Germany

Spall is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Störkathen

Störkathen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Stuer

Stuer is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Teach First Deutschland

Teach First Deutschland is a German non-profit organization started in 2008 and adapted from Teach For America and Teach First.

Vicki Genfan Live

The album was recorded during the Open Strings Festival on September 21, 2002, in Osnabrück, Germany.

Vierhöfen

Vierhöfen is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Waddeweitz

Waddeweitz is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Waldburg-Wolfegg

Waldburg-Wolfegg was a County located in southeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Wallhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Wallhausen is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Walow

Walow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Water supply and sanitation in Germany

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Weißenborn, Saxony

Weißenborn is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.

Wennbüttel

Wennbüttel is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Werner Heldt

Werner Heldt (1904–54) was a German painter.

Westerland

Westerland, Germany, a town on the island Sylt, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wewelsfleth

Wewelsfleth is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Wiehltal bridge

The Wiehltal Bridge is a highway bridge on the A 4 motorway between Cologne and Olpe over the Wiehltal valley at Engelskirchen (Oberbergischer Kreis), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Wildberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Wildberg is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wilhelm Holtz

Wilhelm Holtz (15 October 1836 – 27 September 1913) was a German physicist who was a native of Saatel bei Barth, Mecklenburg.

Wilhelmsdorf, Thuringia

Wilhelmsdorf is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Windberg Abbey

Windberg Abbey was founded by Count Albert I of Bogen with the assistance of Bishop Otto of Bamberg on the site of the original seat of the Counts of Bogen.

Windischleuba

Windischleuba is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.

Zirzow

Zirzow is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.


Abitur after twelve years

The principal argument for the reduction are the comparatively long times for vocational education in Germany.

Altenhagen

Altenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Arkebek

Arkebek is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Astwell

It had taken off on its way with the rest of the squadron on a mission to bomb the industrial complex at Solingen, Germany.

BBV Hagen

The name "Brandt Hagen", for the new club, originated from the main sponsor Brandt Zwieback, a well known producer of zwieback in Germany.

Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza

The Botanischer Garten in Bad Langensalza is a botanical garden located at Kurpromenade 5b, Bad Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany.

Bubble car

Most bubble cars were manufactered in Germany, including by the former German military aircraft manufacturers, Messerschmitt and Heinkel.

Donald S. Kellermann

He was a radio broadcaster while serving with the United States Army in Germany during World War II and went to work for the Brooklyn Eagle after leaving Hofstra University.

E53

European route E53, a road connecting Plzeň, Czech Republic and München, Germany

Ectaco

Within the next 2 years offices were opened in Germany (Berlin), Great Britain (London), the Czech Republic (Prague), Canada (Toronto), Poland (Warsaw) and Ukraine (Kiev).

F.P.1

The German version was the last German film that either Siodmak or Peter Lorre, who played a secondary character, would make in Germany before the war.

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn

Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (born November 14, 1811 in Elbing, † April 30, 1886 in Berlin) was a 19th-century German conductor, composer and music writer who worked mainly in Berlin, Danzig, Elbing and Riga.

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart

Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was born in Osnabrück, Germany and studied architecture, interior design and sculpture at Hanover School of Art and the Technical College, Hanover.

Galenbeck

Galenbeck is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Götschetal

Götschetal is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Henk van den Breemen

The “Gang of five”, as they were called when the pamphlet was presented in Washington DC (January 2008), consisted of General (ret.) John Shalikashvili (USA), General (ret.) Dr. Klaus Naumann (Germany), Admiral (ret.) Jacques Lanxade and Field Marshal the Lord Inge (UK).

Herbert Westfaling

Westfaling was born in London, England, the son of Harbert Westphaling, whose family originated in Westphalia (Germany).

Ibero-German

Ibero-German means of or pertaining to people of Spanish or Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries.

Imusicapella

He was the winner of the Conductor's Prize for Outstanding Artistic Performance at the 6th Harmonie Festival 2011 in Lindenholzhausen, Germany, and the "Pro Musica Viva Maria Strecker Daelen Preis" Conductor's Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Choral Work at the 10th International Chamber Choir Competition 2007 in Marktoberdorf, Germany.

Jervis B. Webb Company

The company headquarters is in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with offices and manufacturing plants internationally including Carlisle, South Carolina; Harbor Springs, Michigan; Boyne City, Michigan; Hamilton, Ontario; Northampton, England; Ludwigshafen, Germany; Palaiseau, France; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China and Bangalore, India.

Joshua Kadison

It peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and Filipino actor/singer Jericho Rosales recorded and released a version of it on his own 2009 album Change. Painted Desert Serenade went platinum in the US and Germany, and went multi-platinum in Australia and New Zealand.

Krombach, Thuringia

Krombach is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany.

Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie

Since 1994, the foundation presents, annually at Easter, charity concerts within the Bayreuther Osterfestival, the Osterfestival Nördliche Oberpfalz and tour concerts in Selb and Bielefeld (Germany) for the benefit of children suffering from cancer.

Langenberg

Langenberg (Rhineland), an independent town until 1975, now a borough of Velbert, Germany.

Libertas Germany

In March 2009 the foundation of Libertas Germany was disclosed at a press conference in Berlin.

Manegold of Lautenbach

Manegold's book also contained an account of the life of Gregory VII, reflecting the Vita by John the Deacon of Gregory the Great; this shares details with chronicles of Berthold of Reichenau and Bernold of St Blasien, writing in the part of southern Germany in which Manegold had sheltered after having to leave Alsace.

Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway

The Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway is a 24 km long main line on the left (western) bank of the Rhine in the Lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Neundorf bei Schleiz

Neundorf (bei Schleiz) is a municipality in the district of Saale-Orla, Thuringia, Germany.

New Bedford Highway Killer

Guedes could still be prosecuted for the 2000 murder of a prostitute in Aveiro, Portugal and similar murders in Germany (or neighboring countries) where Guedes resided in the 1990s.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded in 1901 to the German physiologist Emil Adolf von Behring, for his work on serum therapy and the development of a vaccine against diphtheria.

Nutteln

Nutteln is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

OTE

In 2007 Marfin Investment Group acquired 20% of the company, and in March 2008 sold it to Germany's Deutsche Telekom which later increased its stake to 25% plus one vote, matching that of the state.

Plankstetten Abbey

Plankstetten Abbey (Kloster Plankstetten) is a monastery of the Benedictines located between Berching and Beilngries in Bavaria, Germany.

Rantrum

Rantrum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Spirit Zone Records

Spirit Zone Recordings was an electronic music record label from Germany which started in 1994.

Stephan Breuing

Stephan Breuing (born September 21, 1985 in Bochum) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.

Stephen Caudel

Toured extensively (Britain, Germany and Japan) including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Markneukirchen Guitar Festival, Karuizawa Music Festival and 3 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Special Guest of Art Garfunkel.

Süderau

Süderau is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The Fatherland

Having been born in Munich, Germany, and moved to New York City in 1896, Viereck graduated from the College of the City of New York and directly entered the world of publishing.

Thomas D

Outside Germany, he is probably best known for Wish (Komm zu mir) which he performed with Franka Potente on the soundtrack of the movie Run Lola Run.

UDC Finance Limited

(Heidelberg), a German banker who came to New Zealand at the age of 50 after fleeing Nazi Germany.

Volker Wieker

Upon his return to Germany, he was assigned as the operations officer of an armored brigade in Augustdorf.

Walter Arendt

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Wistedt

Wistedt is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Wredenhagen

Wredenhagen is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Wulfsen

Wulfsen is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Wustrow, Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Wustrow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.